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1963 Boston Patriots

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Record: 7-6-1, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 327 points (23.4/g), 4th of 8 in the AFL.
 Allowed 257 points (18.4/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 70 points (5.0/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 8.9-5.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 4th.

Coached by Mike Holovak (7-6-1)

1963 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box W 1-0 New York Jets 38 14 24 388 268 120 1 15 272 155 117 5
2 Sat September 14 box L 1-1 @ San Diego Chargers 13 17 19 303 139 164 2 11 240 164 76 2
3 Sun September 22 box W 2-1 @ Oakland Raiders 20 14 11 232 72 160 3 13 157 133 24 2
4 Sun September 29 box L 2-2 @ Denver Broncos 10 14 11 212 79 133 5 20 258 154 104 2
5 Sat October 5 box L 2-3 @ New York Jets 24 31 22 409 304 105 6 10 218 172 46 1
6 Fri October 11 box W 3-3 Oakland Raiders 20 14 12 186 93 93 3 12 177 118 59 5
7 Fri October 18 box W 4-3 Denver Broncos 40 21 19 384 331 53 2 18 345 250 95 1
8 Sat October 26 box L 4-4 @ Buffalo Bills 21 28 15 305 201 104 2 19 350 267 83 2
9 Fri November 1 box W 5-4 Houston Oilers 45 3 15 311 168 143 1 13 206 187 19 8
10 Sun November 10 box L 5-5 San Diego Chargers 6 7 15 291 188 103 5 12 271 239 32 2
11 Sun November 17 box T 5-5-1 Kansas City Chiefs 24 24 25 474 366 108 3 20 330 234 96 1
12 Sun December 1 box W 6-5-1 Buffalo Bills 17 7 10 250 186 64 15 239 166 73 2
13 Sun December 8 box W 7-5-1 @ Houston Oilers 46 28 22 325 131 194 2 22 274 214 60 6
14 Sat December 14 box L 7-6-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 3 35 7 105 31 74 6 22 398 174 224 3
Playoffs
Division December 28 box W 8-6-1 @ Buffalo Bills 26 8
Championship January 5 box L 8-7-1 @ San Diego Chargers 10 51

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 327 4175 875 4.8 227 184 410 2557 17 29 5.8 107 433 1618 16 3.7 100 41 12 20
Team Defense 257 3735 855 4.4 385 230 477 2627 21 29 4.8 144 312 1108 12 3.6 222 42 13 19
Lg Rank Offense 4 6 7 7 6 7 6 4 2 4 3 6 5 1
Lg Rank Defense 2 1 3 8 3 3 3 1 2 1 3 1 5 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Babe Parilli* 33 QB 14 13 153 337 45.4 2345 13 3.9 24 7.1 77 7.0 4.1 15.3 167.5 52.1
Tom Yewcic 31 P 14 1 29 70 41.4 444 4 5.7 5 7.1 57 6.3 3.7 15.3 31.7 52.3
Jim Crawford 28 HB 14 0 2 2 100.0 27 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 13.5 13.5 13.5 1.9 118.7
Larry Garron* 26 FB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 28.3 14 184 410 44.9 2816 17 4.1 29 7.1 77 6.9 4.1 15.3 201.1 52.4
Opp Total 14 230 477 48.2 2627 21 4.4 29 6.1 5.5 3.2 11.4 187.6 54.6 66 626 4.8 1.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Larry Garron* 26 FB 14 0 175 750 2 47 4.3 53.6 12.5 26 418 16.1 2 76 1.9 29.9 1168 4 8
Jim Crawford 28 HB 14 0 71 233 1 19 3.3 16.6 5.1 10 89 8.9 0 28 0.7 6.4 322 1 1
Harry Crump 23 14 0 49 120 5 21 2.4 8.6 3.5 6 46 7.7 0 12 0.4 3.3 166 5 1
Tom Neumann 23 10 0 44 148 0 17 3.4 14.8 4.4 10 48 4.8 1 16 1.0 4.8 196 1 1
Babe Parilli* 33 QB 14 13 36 126 5 19 3.5 9.0 2.6 126 5 7
Billy Lott 29 14 0 35 78 2 7 2.2 5.6 2.5 3 61 20.3 1 55 0.2 4.4 139 3 1
Tom Yewcic 31 P 14 1 22 161 1 46 7.3 11.5 1.6 161 1 3
Gino Cappelletti* 29 SE 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 34 493 14.5 2 38 2.4 35.2 495 2 1
Jim Colclough 27 FL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 693 16.5 3 56 3.0 49.5 693 3 1
Tony Romeo 25 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 418 13.1 3 31 2.3 29.9 418 3 0
Art Graham 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 550 26.2 5 77 1.5 39.3 550 5 1
Team Total 28.3 14 433 1618 16 47 3.7 115.6 30.9 184 2816 15.3 17 77 13.1 201.1 4434 33 29
Opp Total 14 312 1108 12 3.6 79.1 22.3 230 2627 11.4 21 16.4 187.6 3735 33 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bob Suci 24 LCB 14 0 25 233 0 22 9.3 17 360 0 35 21.2 593
Larry Garron* 26 FB 14 0 1 23 0 23 23.0 28 693 0 58 24.8 1884
Thomas Stephens 28 14 0 14 117 0 26 8.4 117
Harry Crump 23 14 0 3 33 0 14 11.0 199
Dave Watson 93 14 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Bob Yates 25 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 28.3 14 40 373 0 26 9.3 50 1095 0 58 21.9 5902
Opp Total 14 25 0 68 1587 0 23.3

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Gino Cappelletti* 29 SE 14 0 3 2 4 3 16 12 14 5 1 38 22 57.9% 36 35 97.2%
Tom Yewcic 31 P 14 1 74 2880 65 1 38.9
Team Total 28.3 14 3 2 4 3 16 12 14 5 1 38 22 57.9% 36 35 97.2% 74 2880 65 1 38.9
Opp Total 14 21 4 19.0% 35 35 100.0% 88 3511 39.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Tom Addison* 27 LLB 14 0 4 27 0 17
Nick Buoniconti* 23 MLB 14 0 3 42 0 26
Gino Cappelletti* 29 SE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Colclough 27 FL 14 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Crawford 28 HB 14 0 1 0 0 0
Harry Crump 23 14 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Eisenhauer*+ 23 RDE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Felt 30 RCB 14 0 3 81 0 35
Larry Garron* 26 FB 14 0 8 0 0 0
Art Graham 22 14 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Hall* 26 RS 14 0 3 24 0 14
Jim Hunt 25 ldt 14 0 1 78 1 78
Billy Lott 29 14 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Neumann 23 10 0 1 0 0 0
Ross O'Hanley 24 LS 14 0 3 79 0 61
Babe Parilli* 33 QB 14 13 7 6 0 0
Chuck Shonta 26 lcb 13 0 3 15 0 12
Thomas Stephens 28 14 0 1 22 0 22 1 0 0 0
Bob Suci 24 LCB 14 0 7 277 2 98 2 0 0 0
Dave Watson 93 14 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Yewcic 31 P 14 1 3 0 0 0
Team Total 28.3 14 29 645 3 98 29 6 0 1
Opp Total 14 32 27 14

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Gino Cappelletti* 29 SE 14 0 2 35 22 113
Harry Crump 23 14 0 5 30
Art Graham 22 14 0 5 30
Babe Parilli* 33 QB 14 13 5 30
Larry Garron* 26 FB 14 0 2 2 24
Jim Colclough 27 FL 14 0 3 18
Billy Lott 29 14 0 2 1 18
Tony Romeo 25 TE 14 0 3 18
Bob Suci 24 LCB 14 0 2 12
Nick Buoniconti* 23 MLB 14 0 1 6
Jim Crawford 28 HB 14 0 1 6
Jim Hunt 25 ldt 14 0 1 6
Tom Neumann 23 10 0 1 6
Tom Yewcic 31 P 14 1 1 6
Team Total 28.3 14 16 17 1 3 35 22 323
Opp Total 14 12 21 35 4 257